Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in trade), 306 pages, 2004 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: I’ve had a couple of Armstrong’s books on my to-be-read list for a while now, but I somehow ended up reading this brand-new one first. And, I won’t lie to you, it looked much less intimidating than the 500 pages […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover, 195 pages, 2000 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: I adore Virgina Woolf. Synopsis: Nicolson, the son of Vita Sackville-West, Woolf’s occasional lover, gives us a short biography of Woolf’s life, including her rough childhood, marriage, friendships, writings, and struggles with insanity.

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in trade), 301 pages, 2001 Rating: 10/10 Reason for Reading: A book I heard good things about, but forgot about until I saw it on the shelf at the library. Synopsis: Fuller, known to her friends as Bobo, tells the story of her childhood, where she grew up white in […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in trade), 580 pages, 2001 Rating: 10/10 Reason for Reading: An interest in the law that led to an interest in Canada’s justice system failing miserably, as in the case of Guy Paul Morin. The gripping title helped, too. Synopsis: In 1959, fourteen-year-old Steven Truscott was accused of the brutal […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in trade), 97 pages, 1970 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: Raves at BookCrazy. Synopsis: New Yorker Helene Hanff begins twenty years of correspondence when she writes to a bookstore in London, asking them to find (cheap) used books for her. Soon Hanff is sending them packages, as they can’t find […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in trade), 275 pages (plus 16 pages of b&w photos), 2000 Rating: 8/10 Reason for Reading: Constant demand for it when I worked at a bookstore. Synopsis: In this autobiography, champion cyclist Lance Armstrong explores how testicular cancer halted him in the middle of a successful career, and looks at […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in trade), 337 pages (including 117 pages of notes, guide to further reading, etc), 2000 Rating: 8/10 Reason for Reading: I was curious about what that magical equation actually means. Synopsis: Bodanis breaks down the famous E=mc2 equation in a very accessible way. Each component of the equation gets its […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Trade, 275 pages, 1998 Rating: 8/10 Reason for Reading: I have an inexplicable adoration of Manson. Synopsis: Shock ‘n’ roller Marilyn Manson’s surprisingly honest autobiography, covering his life from childhood up to the release of his album Anti-Christ Superstar. Manson isn’t afraid to look like a huge geek, although most of the […]